acupuncture
Meaning of acupuncture
noun
a system of complementary medicine in which fine needles are inserted in the skin at specific points along what are considered to be lines of energy (meridians), used in the treatment of various physical and mental conditions.
late 17th century: from Latin acu ‘with a needle’ + puncture.
Information about acupuncture
- It is a name.
- The plural form of acupuncture is: acupunctures.
- Languages in which acupuncture is used:
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Hyphenation of acupuncture
acupunc-ture
- It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
- acupuncture is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
acupuncture synonyms
Meaning stylostixis:
Translation of acupuncture
- German: Akupunktur
- French: acupuncture, acuponcture
- Portuguese: acupuntura
- Italian: agopuntura
- Spanish: acupuntura
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